# NTSB SEA68F0044: Cessna 180, N2468C, Orchards, WA, June 15, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 15, 1967
- Place: Orchards, WA · ORCHARDS, WA
- Location: 45.6890° N, 122.5306° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orchards, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6890&lon=-122.5306&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 27, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 118519
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA68F0044
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA68F0044

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3057  67/6/15    ORCHARDS,WASH       CESSNA 180          CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE
        TIME - 1545                    N2468C              PX-  0  0  2  PARAJUMP-SPORT            22, 485 TOTAL HOURS, 77
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SCHOLLS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT                           TAXI: TO TAKEOFF
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
        REMARKS- RT BRAKE FAILED.PUCKS WORN EXCESSIVELY. PARKED ACFT PIPER N6176H,SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2468C](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2468C), registered now, S/N 30768, built 1954 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Scholls

## Other investigations on N2468C (2)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA76FYC02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76FYC02), Jul 4, 1975: Cessna 180 (N2468C), Molalla, OR, substantial damage
- [NTSB SEA66F0132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA66F0132), Sep 5, 1965: Cessna 180 (N2468C), Orchards, WA, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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